The Cost Engineering & Sourcing Strategy Analyst (internally known as Cost Engineering Analyst) evaluates cost, commodity and market data to identify and set cost out goals, then coordinates and partners with cross functional teams to develop and execute cost out strategies using Cost Engineering tools, including but not limited to competitive bidding, presentation and negotiations materials, analysis on CTQ, consumer review, survey, assortment, should-cost, competitive, and demand transfer data.
What you'll do:

• Mine, combine and assess facts from 3rd party experts, publications, vendors and internal partners (Cat Management, Finance, Domestic Merchants, Import Merchants, Pricing) to identify and prioritize cost engineering opportunities
• Monitor changes in commodity markets, industry shifts (M&A), product innovations to evaluate changes in negotiation gaps / leverage
• Use input cost models and price opportunity reporting to identify off-...